Beurre
Hardy |
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Beurre
Hardy is an excellent autumn pear with medium
to large fruit russeted greenish-yellow. Very juicy, sweet
and richly aromatic flesh.An dessert variety with a
distinctive flavour. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
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Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
September |
Black
Worcester |
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An
ancient variety but still one of the best traditional
cooking pears Fruit large, obovate; skin thick, green,
rough, nearly covered with dark russet. Black
Worcester is a reliable cropper. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
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|
Use |
Culinary |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
September |
Catillac |
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Old French baking pear with flesh
turning pink when cooked. Fruits are pale yellow with a pink flush with Occasional
russet patches. Catillac fruits are very large and late. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Culinary |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
October |
Concorde |
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Recently
introduced, Concorde is self-fertile, compact and crops
well on trees as young as two years old. A fine pollinator
for other varieties. Ready in September and stores until
late autumn. Sweet and juicy. Self Fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
September |
Conference |
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Medium
to large fruit, slightly long, smooth, green tinted with
russet. Flesh pale yellow, with slight pink tinge, very
juicy and sweet. Pear Conference is self Fertile. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Doyenee
du Comice |
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A popular dessert pear with a
fine flavour that was introduced from France in 1849. Large and roundish fruit with rich, tender flesh
and a delectible flavour that melts in your mouth. We list is here under its full name of Doyenee
du Comice but it is better know in the trade as Comice pear. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
October |
Dr
Jules Guyot |
|
Pear Dr
Jules Guyot is a very
early variety, that is ready for picking just after mid
August for eating late August onwards. Should
be picked green and ripened indoors. Yellow fruits with a slight flush. Very juicy tender
flesh with a sweet flavour. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Louise
Bonne of Jersey |
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Small
to medium sweet and delicious yellow/green fruits with a pronounced red flush. Louise
Bonne of Jersey has fruits which are beautiful
in flower and good cropper. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
September |
Merton
Pride |
|
Merton
Pride is an excellent garden dessert pear, with
yellowish skin and very soft, juicy flesh, and an excellent flavour. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Packhams
Triumph |
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A heavy cropping dessert pear
with green skin ripening to pale yellow. Pale yellow,
smooth, juicy flesh Best left on the tree for as long as
possible for the flavour to develop. Packhams
Triumph prefers a warm sheltered site. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
October |
Robin |
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Pear Robin is an old
English early variety with small, soft, juicy, sweet,
yellow fruit flushed bright red. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Thorn |
|
A
perry pear with small yellow fruit Originated in England
c.1676. A heavy cropper. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Perry |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
September |
Williams |
|
Pear Williams is a well-known and popular dessert
pear. Smooth, pale green skin ripening to pale golden
yellow. White, very smooth, juicy and
sweet flesh.A
reliable cropper. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Winter
Nellis |
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Medium
sized fruits that are dark green with a slight cinnamon brown russet turning yellow when ripening. Fruit should be
harvested in late October or early November and stored for
eating November to January. Pear Winter
Nellis makes a good espalier on walls. |
Maiden |
£18.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£22.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.00 |
|
|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
4 |
Harvest |
October |
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